Friday, May 6, 2011

Change of Plans

So I had planned on getting ahead at work yesterday, and cleaning the church, and getting my kids ready for pictures today. Instead I spent the day in labor and delivery at the hospital where my children were born. I friend of mine who had no local support had a beautiful baby girl at 1:56am today. Mom and baby are doing wonderfully. It was so amazing to be her support, to cheer her on, even if it was a long tiring day (we were there all day!) It was very different to be involved in a birth and not being the one in the bed.

It was also weird walking past room 106. I took my friend's bags to her recovery room, and while I'd gone the other way when I'd left (mostly to walk past the nurses and say something, not to avoid room 106), I walked right past it - I even looked in. I spent 4 days in room 106 last year. I was in room 106 when I had my closest experience to death. The room didn't scare me. It didn't make me feel bad, or anything. It does make me remember, it doesn't help that my sweet, now 4 year old remembers, even though she doesn't. Just knowing that I was at the hospital was enough to scare her. I came home twice today (to nurse my son) and I reassured her that we were fine and it simply took time for most people to have babies. She's asleep right now, but I'm sure she's fine. If not she should meet me in bed about the time I get there.

I still hope to leave town to take pictures today, we'll see if plans change again.

Who is KtC and why does she write this stuff?

Callista Knight is an alias I have used off and on since 1997. An online name I crafted from my favorite Jedi. The real me has a degree from a state college where I studied critters. I have been a Christian since I was 6 years old. I am the mother of 3 amazing children. Wife to a husband who probably touches the border of insanity as much as I. The idea for this blog has been in the works since 2008 when I lost my job and took a temp job watching videos recorded at night of Pacific lamprey swimming through the dams of the Columbia River. The mind numbing boredom inflicted upon me caused me to start thinking "in blog" and I longed for a chance to write down my crazy ideas somewhere other than the paper napkins in my desk and the post it notes I later acquired. I have many ideas, mostly half baked, but little time to write them. When I do have time to write, what I remember ends up here or in my rejected blog posts on the blogger server. This blog gives me a chance to get my ideas out of my head and hopefully to engage in the occasional conversation about them. I do reply to all emails and I try to reply to most comments as well.

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